A quirky, romantic comedy about the complexity and frustration of finding a true love in the NYC gay community.
Writer/Director: Victor Mignatti
Stars: Mara Hobel, Michael Lucas, Hugh Panaro.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118780/
Watched on AmazonPrime.
No songs listed in the Soundtracks; a couple were performed onscreen by cast members, but not much, and certainly not enough to tag this as Musical.
OK film, but not great. I didn't recognize anyone.
The plot is simple enough: we follow the 3 poster characters through a few weeks in their life in NYC. The 2 on the right get an apartment together with bugs and rats/mice. Across the airspace is a neighbor who records music in his apartment, and he hooks up with the male roomie. The girl finds some romance too, but is not as enthused. The guy on the left is also seeking romance, and doesn't let the guy roomie know he desires him. Instead they talk about other guys they find attractive.
Money is an issue, and the girl is unemployed. The guy roomie works at a B'way ticket broker while seeking work as an actor. The 3rd wheel is a composer; I didn't catch how he makes money.
The girl tries to get jobs with celebrities, and is so persistent with one that she creates a sequence of missives cut from magazine letters and glued to the page like ransom notes. The target gets the FBI to investigate, and then calls her for a meeting which we never see. The boys on the poster finally hook up at film's end.
Big shrug from me.
Rated 6.8 (541)
indie, dir. Mignatti; 6
